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Mrs. Millie Harden looking for her sister Mrs. Anna Davis
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
June 5, 1914
LOST RELATIVE
Mrs. Millie Harden of Morris county
Kansas would like to find her sister,
Mrs. Anna Davis of St. Paul, Minn.,
who was comming to Des Moines, Iowa
Please call at 125 W. 3rd street.
Mrs. Millie Harden.
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Charles M. Dutcher looking for witness Logan Welch
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
February 13, 1914
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Mrs. Julia Winn found her sister Mrs. Emery
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
August 15, 1913
LOST RELATIVES FOUND.
Separated from one another since
they were 8 years old, more than
fifty years ago, Mrs. Julia Winn of
Ottumwa, who has not seen her sis-
ter [sister], Mrs. Emery of Highland Park,
this city. These sisters found one
another through Mrs. James Bown of
Ottumwa, who is a relative of them
and had come up here to…
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John Carr
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
November 23, 1894
MISSING BOY.
His Parents Are Anxious to Hear From
Him.
LAKE MILLS, Nov. 10.––Laurence
Carr left his home, at Bristol, on
September 17, 1894; he was seen last at
Oskaloosa, October 17, 1894. He is 13
years old, small size, thick set, brown
eyes, brown hair. His parents grieve.
Any information will be thankfully re-
ceived…
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James Heater
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
November 16, 1894
MISSING BOY.
Borrowed a Horse and Buggy and
Disappeared.
INDEPENDENCE, Nov. 16.––James
Heater, 15 years old, residing east of
town, borrowed a horse and buggy
from a neighbor in his father's name.
Subsequent developments prove the
father knew nothing of the transaction,
and search has failed to discover the
whereabouts of the boy…
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W.H. Milligan
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
August 4-18, 1905
NOTICE.
To those who have made inquiry in
regards to the address of W. H. Mil-
ligan [Milligan], G. M. of Grand Lodge of Iowa
and Jurisdiction, we would state that
a letter addressed, R. F. D. No. 2,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will reach him.
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W.H. Pitzer searching for Maud Pitzer
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
May 1, 1896
AN IOWA GIRL IS LOST.
Pretty Maud Pitzer, of Silver City,
Disappears in Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., April 29. — W. H. Pitzer,
of Silver City, Ia., has been in the city
for several days in search of his sister,
Miss Maud Pitzer, aged 21. Pitzer
says his sister was a teacher in the
schools at Hillsdale, Ia., until Monday,
April 20, when she…
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Sarah Borras searching for Steve Martin
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
January 4, 1895
NOTICE.
Does any of our readers know of the
whereabouts of Steve Martin, who
twelve years ago was employed in a
Des Moines bank? His sister, who is
now Mrs. Sarah Borras, of 312 West
Third street, Leadville, Colorado, wishes
to find him.
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Charles Owens searching for his brother Harry Bowen
Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)
January 14, 1869
Information Wanted.
A colored man commonly called
Harry Bowen, escaped from his master,
Jerry Wayland, near St. Francisville
Mo., about New Years night 1859.
It is supposed that he went to
Chicago, and from there to Canada,
but has not been heard from since
his escape, notwithstanding the
three hundred dollars in specie offered…
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Henry Tolliver finds his father, Alfred Tolliver, after 55 years
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
August 7, 1903
EDITORIALS.
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE
Henry Tolliver, a leading citizen, living at 1413 Fremont street is about to start on a trip to Leavenworth, Kans., to visit his aged father, whom he has not seen since he was sold on the slave block over a half century ago, at the age of 9 years. The father is a man of remarkable age and according to a son…
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Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited after 53 years and remarry
Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)
June 6, 1897
Married After Fifty-three Years.
Oskaloosa, June 5. There was solemnized here today a wedding that reunited “Uncle” Robert Warren, of Oskaloosa, and Charity Atwater, of North Carolina, after a separation of 53 years. The two were married according to slave laws at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 60 years ago. Seven years later after five children…
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Mrs. McDora Dungee looking for her father Allen Bradford
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
October 26, 1894
INFORMATION WANTED
DES MOINES, IOWA, Oct. 22, 1894.--
EDITOR BYSTANDER: I want to enquire
for my father, Allen Bradford. The
last time I heard of him was in 1863.
He was a barber on a boat running
from Montgomery, Ala., to Mobile. He
had four daughters who belonged to a
family named Bibb. The names of his
daughters were: Kate,…
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